Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (MRRS)

Sexual Assault Prevention and Response(MRRS) Presentation to the Defense Task Force on Sexual Assault in the Military Services14 August 2008 Ray Bruneau Section Head

OVERVIEW • Policy: • MCO 1752.5 published Sep 04 • Revised, MCO 1752.5A published Feb 08 • CMC White Letter 03-05 (“Collateral Misconduct”) • MARADMINS 248/05, 490/05, 564/06 • HQMC Role: Plans, Resources, Training, Reporting • Lead: Deputy Commandant for Manpower & Reserve Affairs (DCM&RA), via Director, Personal Readiness Division (MR) • Staff: Task-organized under charter according to mission • Program Manager – Sexual Assault Prevention & Response Section (MRRS) • Adjunct Staff – Manpower Plans & Policies Division (MP), Staff Judge Advocate (JA), Security & Law Enforcement Division (PSL), Training & Education Command (TECOM) • Supporting Staff – Chaplain (REL), Health Services (HS), NCIS • Command Role: Execute program • Lead: Commanders (Bn/Sqdn-equivalent and above) • Supporting: Installation Commanders (for tenant commands & separate units) • Staff: SARC (for GCMCA-level), Uniformed Victim Advocates (UVAs – Unit level) • Supporting: Victim Advocates, SARC, MTF, Clergy, JAs, CID, NCIS

OVERVIEW • Caring for Victims: • Medical care provided via Navy Medical • Advocacy provided via existing FAP VAs & volunteer UVAs • Advocates are neither care-givers nor counselors • Counselors available via M&FS 24/7 (in garrison) • Holding Offenders Accountable: • NCIS investigates • Commanders decide on prosecution • Collateral misconduct • Quality of evidence needed for conviction

CRITICAL COMPONENTPERSONNEL - HQMC • Current MRRS • Permanent staff: • Section Head • Administrative Assistant • Augments: • Training Coordinator (mobilized Reserve) • Advocate Specialist (contractor) • Database Coordinator (contractor) • Adjunct Staff: on-call support, mission specific • Meets at least quarterly, more often if needed • Liaison with other HQMC stakeholders (parent agencies); TECOM, JA, MP, PSL • Future • Contract-to-NSPS conversion • Advocate Specialist • Database Administrator • Reserve demobilization: replace with NSPS FTE • Training Specialist • Expansion: new NSPS FTE position • Program Coordinator

CRITICAL COMPONENTPERSONNEL – “FIELD” • Current – collateral duty • Commands • SARC • Installations • SARC • Administrative Assistant (discretionary) • Units • MAGTFs – Unit SARCs • Deploying Bn/Sqdn or equivalent - UVA • Future – fulltime civilians • Regions

FACILITIES • Current • Collateral Duty assignments – no facilities required • Use of command resources • Future • Will we need more space? • Increases in manpower require increased equipment (IT, desks, etc.)

FUNDING

TRAINING • Current • Responder training • Initial awareness training • Annual awareness training • PME-level training • Future • Annual awareness training • PME-level training • Commander training

DATA COLLECTION • SAIRD • Module w/in CIBRS • Updating to v.2 • DCRMS • Expected to field in early FY-09 • Objections from other Services

REPORTING • Data Customers • CMC • OSD • Congress • NCIS • CLEOC • DONCJIS

ACCOMPLISHMENTS • Implementation • Program is less than 5 years old • Over 2,000 Marines have received SART • Lessons Learned • USMC SARC Conference • Continuous Improvement Process • Positive Climate Surveys • Marine Corps Climate Assessment Survey 2007 • DMDC Workplace & Gender Relations Assessment 2006

CHALLENGES • OPTEMPO & Focus of Effort • Nature of the Crime & Impact on Expedient Care • Collateral Misconduct • Young & vigorous Force • Political Volatility

CONSTRAINTS/RESTRAINTS • What we have to do • Support Victims • Maintain good order & discipline • Protect individual rights • What we can’t do • Short-circuit military justice system • Disadvantage others • Interfere with local jurisdiction

WAY AHEAD

HOW TO HELP • What do we want? • Honest appraisal • Back up recommendations with actions • Be part of the solution

MEDICAL • To be provided separately

PASTORAL CARE • Provided by U.S. Navy Chaplains Corps

CHAPLAIN TRAINING • Formal training: • New accessions receive SAPR training in Chaplain Basic Course • SAPR for supervisory and senior supervisory Chaplains and Religious Program Specialists (RP) • Informal training: • Chaplains and RP trained at regional/area-wide events • Distance learning (DL) for deployed Chaplains and RPs

SPECIALIZED TRAINING • OPR: Office of the Chief of Navy Chaplains (N977) • Program scope: provide tailored training to chaplains and RPs in SAPR policy • “Stakeholders:” • Commander, Navy Installations Command (N9) • Marine Corps • USCG • Naval Chaplain School • Training: • Non-deployed units, installations, and training commands: • Provide specialized training in group settings, to include material on restricted and non-restricted reporting and chaplain confidentiality. • “By-name” roster of chaplains and RPs who complete training maintained by Chief of Navy Chaplains (N977) • For deployed units: • Develop DL products • Track chaplain/RP training completion across DoN and USCG

CURRENT STATUS • Challenges: getting training to deployed units • Constraints: expertise required to convert training products into DL format does not currently exist within the Chaplain Corps • “Way Ahead:” • Near-term: continue manual tracking of training compliance for chaplains and RPs in fleet concentration areas • Mid-term: • Develop DL products • Ensure DL product provides tracking mechanisms to ensure Chaplain Corps-wide compliance with “by-name” granularity

CULTURAL

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Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (MRRS)